STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3686

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1578

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1578, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Permit a shipping container chassis that holds a valid out-of-state certificate of vehicle registration to obtain a certificate of safety inspection; and

(2) Make an out-of-state registration for a shipping container chassis valid in the State until its expiration in the other state or for one year after a vehicle safety inspection.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Matson Navigation Company, Inc.; and Hawaii Harbors Users Group.

Your Committee finds that shipping container chassis are a critical part in moving container cargo out of ports and to final destinations. Due to the nature of intermodal equipment, shipping container chassis are frequently moved from port to port and state to state. Your Committee further finds that most other states in the country recognize the intermodal and interstate nature of shipping container chassis and out-of-state license plates and registrations. This measure will support safe and efficient cargo operations and reduce the costs of transporting goods.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1578, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair